Could have had a Third Test if it wasn't for that miscreant tournament.

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Littlejohn's really the last one likely to say 'your numbers in this discipline were poor but you were injured and not yourself, I'll give you the scholarship anyway' tbh.

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I think this is closest to the best ODI team we can put together. Still not sure about How. So while we're speculating, how about they say to Jimmeh "you have one last chance, you open in the IPL, open for us. Just smash it bro".

Neesham
Henry
NcCullum (will he really not be in the team? Really?)
And batting back up - How/Ronchi/Papps/Munro/Latham/Anderson/Rutherford/Fulton - Whoever. Probably an opener would be best as that is the area where we look super vulnerable. Is it wrong to suggest I think Kane would be a good ODI opener?

Add to all those players McClenaghan/Ryder (maybe one day, maybe?)/Henry/Neesham/Arnel (still leading FC this year with Gillespie)/Anderson/De Boorder... And it seems to me we have a bit of a pool of players, in fact enough for 3 reasonably good teams (other than spinners still) ie Test team, then NZ A, and one more. Haven't included Franklin/Cartin/Patel/Mills either... As I think they should not play another test between them.

It would be really good to see yearly series (either home and away) against WI in the future. That would make for at least one competitive series a year alongside the odd good series, and maulings in the sub continent and against the top 3 away.

The more I think about it, the more I like Guptill at 5 for test matches. I know that's a bit harsh on Brownlie, but I like it, alright?

Maybe Guptill could slot into the middle order, maybe, if he bats there for 2 years in FC cricket and gets some consistency down, adapts his game for that area (although it shouldn't be hard because he has no game for a Test opener) and dominates. Meanwhile, Brownlie would have to fail, as would other middle order hopefuls who are floating around the scene.

As it stands Brownlie doesn't deserve to be dropped, and I don't think you're advocating Guptill for #5 in this England series, but if Guptill does get in the middle order ahead of Brownlie (even if Brownlie gets two goldens in the first Test and is dropped for the second) it'll be ****ing dirty.

If the argument is Guptill is more talented than Brownlie and would be better long term, why not just go straight to Corey J?

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Maybe Guptill could slot into the middle order, maybe, if he bats there for 2 years in FC cricket and gets some consistency down, adapts his game for that area (although it shouldn't be hard because he has no game for a Test opener) and dominates. Meanwhile, Brownlie would have to fail, as would other middle order hopefuls who are floating around the scene.

As it stands Brownlie doesn't deserve to be dropped, and I don't think you're advocating Guptill for #5 in this England series, but if Guptill does get in the middle order ahead of Brownlie (even if Brownlie gets two goldens in the first Test and is dropped for the second) it'll be ****ing dirty.

If the argument is Guptill is more talented than Brownlie and would be better long term, why not just go straight to Corey J?

Or if someone just has a BJ Watling/John Wright/wicketkeeper style hunch about him, he won't need to do ****.

Harsh on Brownlie? Yes. But if they decide they want Guptill in the team at someone else's expense, I would still say that Brownlie is most likely IMO.